ACLS News

ACLS Launches 2014 Public Fellows Competition

1/22/2014

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to open the fourth competition of the Public Fellows program. In 2014, the program will place 20 recent humanities Ph.D.s in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. This career-building initiative aims to demonstrate that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy.

This year, Public Fellows have the opportunity to join one of the following organizations:

American Refugee Committee – Program Manager, Social Enterprise Projects

Association of Research Libraries – Program Officer for Scholarly Publishing

Center for Public Integrity – Engagement Analyst

Council of Independent Colleges – Communications Officer

Human Rights Campaign – Senior Content Manager

Kiva – Partnerships Evaluation Manager

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House – Research and Partnerships Manager

Museum of Jewish Heritage – Manager of Strategic Initiatives

National Constitution Center – Program Developer

New America Foundation – Contributing Editor

New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) – Public Policy Officer

The Public Theater – Strategy and Planning Manager

San Francisco Arts Commission – Program Manager, Policy and Evaluation

Smithsonian Institution, Office of International Relations – Program Officer

Trust for Public Land – Program Analyst, Conservation Research

United Negro College Fund – Policy Analyst

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Policy Analyst

Wisconsin Public Radio – Digital Producer, To the Best of Our Knowledge

Zócalo Public Square – Program Manager

Competitive applicants will have been successful in both academic and extra-academic experiences, and will aspire to careers in administration, management, and public service by choice rather than circumstance. Applicants must possess U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status and have a Ph.D. in the humanities or humanistic social sciences conferred between June 2011 and May 31, 2014.

Applications are accepted only through the ACLS Online Fellowship Application system by March 19, 2014. Visit www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/ for complete position descriptions, eligibility, and application information.